Finnish police have detained five citizens of Morocco in the case of the attack on passers-by in the city centre of Turku. On Saturday, August 19, during a press conference said the head of the investigation of the Central criminal police of Finland, its reports Reuters.
“In addition to the assailant arrested four people, they are also citizens of Morocco,” she explained, adding that the assailant refuses to speak with police, but the police will continue questioning.
The incident is being investigated as a terrorist attack. The Finnish police have established the identity of the attacker. They found 18-year-old Moroccan. On August 18 he with a knife attacked passers-by in the centre of Turku. Killing two citizens of Finland and another ten injured. Among the victims — the Finns, Swedes and Italians. Three people are in critical condition.
Turku is a port city in southwest Finland with a population of about 180 thousand people.